Home Place
The Home Place is a Freehold in South Carolina.
Overview
Near Beaufort, set back from a stretch of highway where many Gullah sell traditional craft items, rests a series of small wood-and-stone buildings. Remnants of slave quarters, most serve as part of the display of an old plantation. One is open for viewing. The cabin furthest from the model is actually a freehold, serving as a meeting area for the Kithain of the region. Consisting of a wood-floored central room with an open loft above, it is furnished with little more than a fireplace, a bucket for water, a few cooking utensils and plates, an old plank table, and a few rocking chairs. A ladder provides access to the loft, which holds an herb-stuffed mattress and blankets. The Home Place, as the Gullah call it, is the "Dreaming home" of Cientilla, the elderly eshu acknowledged as leader of the Gullah changelings. Whenever Cientilla visits, all Kithain for miles around gather at the Home Place to hear her tales and to touch the dreams of the oldest changeling they know.
References
- CTD. Kingdom of Willows, p. 60.